I was waiting for some mesh swimwear. Mesh bikinis and one-piece bathing suits are available at Baiastice now, with demos! I cannot stress how important it is to have demos for all your mesh items. So a big thank you to the designers that take the time to provide demos! <3

Recently Miss RubyStarlight Writer of Exposeur has released some great summery poses. In the first picture you see here I'm using her beachball prop+pose. You can check out more of her poses on her flickr.

I was messing about on PicMonkey.com again and ended up trying out this neat polaroid frame. I’ve been really enjoying using it at times for some of my images, y’all should check it out too!

Credits:
*Skins: Glam Affair & PXL
*Hair: Truth & Discord Designs
Bikinis: Baiastice Mesh Bikinis by Sissy Pessoa
Shades: Gos by Gospel Voom
Feet: Slink Mesh Feet by Siddean Munro
1st Pose: Exposeur by RubyStarlight Writer
Location: Crossing Currents

I recently did some photography for Damien Fate, this image was one of the ones I did for him. As soon as he saw it, he said it reminded him of LazyTown. I had to laugh because I honestly wasn’t aiming for that, but once he said it, I totally saw it too.

A few years ago when my nieces were younger I used to sit there and watch LazyTown with them all the time. I have to admit, I had a bit of a crush on Robbie Rotten. What can I say, I like bad boys. :P

While we’re on the topic of being lazy, just wanted to let y’all know that starting from today till June 15th I have some stuff going on in RL so I won’t be around as much. I’ll still try to login from time to time when I get the chance and perhaps do a blog post or such, but my schedule will be a bit crazy so will not be booking any photography clients till after this month is over. You can still find me rambling about on twitter or plurk though. :P

Credits:
*Skin: Glam Affair Amelie by Aida Ewing
*Hair: Wasabi Pills Cookie by MissAllSunday Lemon (MESH)
*Eyes: FATEeyes by Damien Fate (MESH)
*Top: coldLogic (MESH)

Before I get into talking about what I’m wearing, I wanted to quickly talk about two recent discussions I’ve had in the past several weeks with two individuals who have a completely different viewpoint regarding the marketplace and I found it to be quite interesting.

1. The first individual told me that they feel the marketplace is slowly going to kill the SL economy and Second Life itself. This person has noticed that ever since the onset of the marketplace, the traffic at their mainstore has decreased significantly. Their mainstore used to always have amazing traffic, I recall myself every time I went there it was always packed. Now, not so much. They still have great sales on the marketplace, but of course the Lab is taking a big chunk of each sale. They feel more and more people are shopping on marketplace and not many are visiting the stores anymore bringing traffic down for sims that need it. Places like clubs and other venues used the rent money from stores to pay for tier, etc.. and now a lot of them are not able to meet that and the situation will just get worse. People will have less to do inworld and will eventually just stop logging in.
2. The other person I spoke to says that they don’t see it that way. They feel the marketplace will assist in getting more sales for designers, especially the smaller designers that may not be able to afford a sim/mainstore inworld. They also feel that people will still login and hopefully with less people wanting to buy/rent sims, sim/land/rental prices may go down and then artists can afford to pick these up for doing art installations and such, bringing more creativity to the grid.

I’m not sure if I agree with every single thing either of them have said, but I do know that the marketplace does assist me in locating items I am looking for. Yesterday I was looking for a catwoman outfit, I searched and a bunch came up. After purchasing four different kinds, I settled on this one from Graves because it was the best quality. I know without the marketplace I would not have been able to find this as Graves is not a store I frequent.

So how do you feel about this topic? Do you think the marketplace is hurting the economy and will have detrimental effects on Second Life in the future?

Now on to what I’m wearing. A few weeks ago I was having a conversation with someone about Catwoman costumes and I was saying how I wish someone would make a really amazing and sleek mesh Catwoman avatar and/or costume. I’ve owned a Catwoman costume in the past but the quality was always lacking. For about a year I searched for a good quality one but then gave up. Since getting the FATEeyes I have been itching to dress up as Catwoman again so I decided to start my search again and hit up marketplace. I ended up purchasing four different ones and I was just blown away by this one from Graves. It’s not mesh, but it’s amazing quality and even comes with a whip. The only thing that I wish it also had was a tail.

The thigh-high platforms I’m wearing are mesh however they are not released yet. They will be released by Faint Paulse of Ladies who Lunch after the MAD Agency Fashion Show. Click here for all the details!

Credits:
*Skin: -Glam Affair- Amelie Light – Bl 08 by Aida Ewing
*Eyes: FATEeyes by Damien Fate
Outfit: GRAVES The Cat – leather latex costume by Jackie Graves
*Shoes: [LWL] Laurella Leather Pants with Platform (Jet Black) by Faint Paulse (MESH) (To be released on Saturday)
*Poses: Catwoman poses by Creamy Cooljoke (not available)
Location: Old New York

I just had way too much fun shooting with this mesh helmet from Gos. I love wearing something totally out of this world and losing myself in it. It’s a great escape.

“Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters; united with it, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of marvels.”
Goya

Credits:
*Skin: -Glam Affair – Giselle – Sent to Destroy 5 by Aida Ewing (Culture Shock)
*Lingerie: -Glam Affair- Intima – Lucia corset 4 by Aida Ewing
*Helmet: Gos Gorgon Helmet & Goggles [F] by Gospel Voom (MESH)
*Tattoo: [HUZ TATS]-The Sleeves-Ink-Tattoo Layer by Hunain Bellic (No longer available)
*Boots: Slink Tall Leather Thigh Boots Curvy Black by Siddean Munro (MESH)
*Chain: ~plank couture~ Horoscopae – Virgo by Aeon Perian (Culture Shock)
Tongue: Autumn Child Snake Tongue Up and Down by Paulien Saunders
Nails: Candy Nail #P024 Magic of Witch Black by Peche Bury
*Poses: Diesel Works by Rogan Diesel

Pomme d’Amour is a hair salon that is new to me so I was really happy to discover their adorable styles. I also have the teacher’s pet one that you can see on their blog and I’m planning to do a post with it, it’s so cute. You should definitely drop by and pick up a demo.

The rest of the items I’m wearing are all available at Culture Shock.

Credits:
*Skin: -Glam Affair – Giselle – Sent to Destroy by Aida Ewing (Culture Shock)
Eyes: Mayfly – Deep Sky Mesh Eye (Deepening Spring, w4) by Arkesh Baral (MESH)
*Hair: POMME D’AMOUR / POM POM GIRL by Prosperitus Nakamura
*Top: -Glam Affair – Liliana top – Satin 02 – M by Aida Ewing (Culture Shock) (MESH)
Nails: Candy Nail #P024 Magic of Witch Black by Peche Bury
Ring: Donna Flora VITO black ring by Squinternet Larnia
*Chain: ~plank couture~ Horoscopae – Virgo ad Panredeica Bizantina by Aeon Perian (Culture Shock)
*Pose: oOo Studio Allegory by Olaenka Chesnokov (Culture Shock)